1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Iran Sanctions, Accountability,
and Human Rights Act of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Expansion of multilateral sanctions regime with respect
to Iran
Sec. 101. Policy of the United States with respect to
development of nuclear weapons capabilities by Iran.
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress on expansion of multilateral
sanctions regime and implementation of sanctions laws.
Sec. 103. Diplomatic efforts to expand multilateral sanctions
regime.
Sec. 104. Sense of Congress regarding the imposition of
sanctions with respect to Iran.
TITLE II—Expansion of sanctions relating to the energy sector of
Iran and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by Iran
Subtitle A—Expansion of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to joint
ventures with the Government of Iran relating to developing petroleum
resources.
Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision
of goods, services, technology, or support for the energy or petrochemical
sectors of Iran.
Sec. 203. Imposition of sanctions with respect to joint
ventures with the Government of Iran relating to mining, production, or
transportation of uranium.
Sec. 204. Expansion of sanctions available under the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996.
Sec. 205. Expansion of definitions under the Iran Sanctions Act
of 1996.
Subtitle B—Additional measures relating to sanctions against
Iran
Sec. 211. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision
of vessels or shipping services to transport certain goods related to
proliferation or terrorism activities to Iran.
Sec. 212. Imposition of sanctions with respect to subsidiaries
and agents of persons sanctioned by United Nations Security Council
resolutions.
Sec. 213. Liability of parent companies for violations of
sanctions by foreign subsidiaries.
Sec. 214. Disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission
relating to sanctionable activities.
Sec. 215. Identification of, and immigration restrictions on,
senior officials of the Government of Iran and their family
members.
Sec. 216. Reports on, and authorization of imposition of
sanctions with respect to, the provision of financial communications services
to the Central Bank of Iran and sanctioned Iranian financial
institutions.
Sec. 217. Government Accountability Office report on foreign
entities that invest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum
products to Iran.
Sec. 218. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from
Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum products.
TITLE III—Sanctions with respect to Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps
Subtitle A—Identification of, and sanctions with respect to,
officials, agents, affiliates, and supporters of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps and other sanctioned persons
Sec. 301. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with
respect to, officials, agents, and affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps.
Sec. 302. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with
respect to, persons that support or conduct certain transactions with Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps or other sanctioned persons.
Sec. 303. Rule of construction.
Subtitle B—Additional measures relating to Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps
Sec. 311. Expansion of procurement prohibition to foreign
persons that engage in certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps.
Sec. 312. Determinations of
whether the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker
Company are agents or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps.
TITLE IV—Measures relating to human rights abuses in
Iran
Subtitle A—Expansion of sanctions relating to human rights
abuses in Iran
Sec. 401. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer
of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human
rights abuses.
Sec. 402. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who
engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of
Iran.
Subtitle B—Additional measures to promote human rights in
Iran
Sec. 411. Expedited consideration of requests for authorization
of certain human rights-, humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities with
respect to Iran.
Sec. 412. Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom
and access to information in Iran.
Sec. 413. Sense of Congress on political prisoners.
TITLE V—Miscellaneous
Sec. 501. Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking education
relating to the nuclear and energy sectors of Iran.
Sec. 502. Technical correction.
Sec. 503. Interests in financial assets of Iran.
Sec. 504. Report on membership of Iran in international
organizations.
TITLE VI—General provisions
Sec. 601. Technical implementation; penalties.
Sec. 602. Applicability to certain intelligence
activities.
Sec. 603. Termination.
TITLE VII—Sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in
Syria
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain
persons who are responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed
against citizens of Syria or their family members.
Sec. 703. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer
of goods or technologies to Syria that are likely to be used to commit human
rights abuses.
Sec. 704. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who
engage in censorship or other forms of repression in Syria.
Sec. 705. Waiver.
Sec. 706. Termination.
2.Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)Successive
Presidents of the United States have determined that the pursuit of nuclear
weapons capabilities by the Government of Iran presents a danger to the United
States, its friends and allies, and to global security.
(2)Successive
Congresses have recognized the threat that the Government of Iran and its
policies present to the United States, its friends and allies, and to global
security, and responded with successive bipartisan legislative initiatives,
including most recently the enactment of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) on July 1,
2010.
(3)If the Government
of Iran achieves a nuclear weapons capability, it would pose a threat to the
United States and allies and friends of the United States, particularly Israel,
destabilize the Middle East, increase the threat of nuclear terrorism, and
significantly undermine global nonproliferation efforts.
(4)The United States
and its allies in the international community recognize the threat posed by the
pursuit of nuclear weapons capabilities by the Government of Iran and have
imposed significant sanctions against the Government of Iran, including through
the enactment of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 in the United States and the adoption of a series of
successive, increasingly stringent United Nations Security Council resolutions.
While such efforts, together with others, have served to slow the development
of Iran’s nuclear program, they have not yet deterred Iran from its nuclear
ambitions, and international efforts to do so must be intensified.
3.In this Act:
(1)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional
committees has the meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(2)The term credible information has the
meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as
amended by section 205 of this Act.
(3)The
term knowingly has the meaning given that term in section 14 of
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701
note).
(4)The term United States person has the meaning
given that term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).
<enum>I</enum><header>Expansion of
multilateral sanctions regime with respect to Iran</header>
<section id="idFA7C0B4CC0D94069BED982235AE78013"><enum>101.</enum><header> Policy of the
United States with respect to development of nuclear weapons capabilities by
Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of
the United States—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd76a741918644795b30059b15584ecf5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to prevent the
Government of Iran from—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID68cffb4639854237990502adce2567fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>acquiring or
developing nuclear weapons;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID79f53405e06f4914bb4db758bcd53c16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing its
advanced conventional weapons and ballistic missile capabilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f7707fc9b09473cb6980e8b19540a3f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>continuing its
support for terrorist organizations and other activities aimed at undermining
and destabilizing its neighbors and other countries; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf5b4ec41724347518a859988b8270599"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to fully
implement all multilateral and bilateral sanctions against Iran, as part of
larger multilateral and bilateral diplomatic efforts, in order to compel the
Government of Iran—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID62492fad979447848e0c6710357fc31e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to abandon
efforts to acquire a nuclear weapons capability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID268aaaf5f5f94389b01f4f5bdc52c694"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to abandon and
dismantle its ballistic missile and unconventional weapons programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID51aaa73866a44dbcab015dc95770a1a7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to cease all
support for terrorist organizations and other terrorist activities aimed at
undermining and destabilizing its neighbors and other countries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2943219630b249c0b5a879b728a0af0b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on
expansion of multilateral sanctions regime and implementation of sanctions
laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the goal of compelling Iran to abandon efforts to acquire a
nuclear weapons capability and other threatening activities can be effectively
achieved through—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45E3B911BEC04A4FA572FC665203B835"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prompt expansion, vigorous
implementation, and intensification of enforcement of the current multilateral
sanctions regime with respect to Iran; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4E9EAA9E4BF474181830F9FED862D7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">full and vigorous implementation of all
sanctions enacted into law, including sanctions imposed or expanded by this Act
or amendments made by this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID8a1a12f4d14b47e3a913cb9947aeb1ef"><enum>103.</enum><header>Diplomatic
efforts to expand multilateral sanctions regime</header>
<subsection id="ID380278651ed24797b5b65916f4d365fb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multilateral
negotiations</header><text>In order to further the policy set forth in section
101, Congress urges the President to intensify diplomatic efforts, both in
appropriate international fora such as the United Nations and bilaterally with
allies of the United States, to expand the multilateral sanctions regime with
respect to Iran, including—</text>
<paragraph id="IDdf731a06147b464499a1167e119bf14e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expanding the
United Nations Security Council sanctions regime to include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDafd249358f7b43c6a3fcb2da4c476569"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a prohibition on
the issuance of visas to any official of the Government of Iran who is involved
in—</text>
<clause id="IDdd46720b1cb24909baf77879e7a8bad5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>human rights
violations in or outside of Iran;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbde25ae094c147a6b19e1cb33a89c80b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development
of a nuclear weapons program and a ballistic missile capability in Iran;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd6a6a19610d04760bc1dc6a1852be866"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>support by the
Government of Iran for terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hezbollah;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1aae3bd7b015400b90e14274a162cfb5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a requirement
that each member country of the United Nations prohibit the Islamic Republic of
Iran Shipping Lines from landing at seaports, and cargo flights of Iran Air
from landing at airports, in that country because of the role of those
organizations in proliferation and illegal arms sales;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID30c736e012914eedba7818c2466cced3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expanding the
range of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran by allies of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe5783ad0cdf149f3913e34c732482d55"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expanding efforts
to limit the development of petroleum resources and the importation of refined
petroleum products by Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa83eb0486a53408aadcbd459f3d0cfbd"><enum>(4)</enum><text>developing
additional initiatives to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDabf4150451f8460a8bf58c8e6243cdc5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase the
production of crude oil in countries other than Iran; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf87bdf5cac504f5ebb5ad1942a53103a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist countries
that purchase or otherwise obtain crude oil or petroleum products from Iran to
reduce their dependence on crude oil and petroleum products from Iran;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7AD131116860453EB1238381612144F6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>eliminating the
revenue generated by the Government of Iran from the sale of petrochemical
products produced in Iran to other countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0c19883515fd47e3abfd970810b72a4d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the extent to which diplomatic
efforts described in subsection (a) have been successful that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3c44389c5bf74dd4932dfa094da6aaa9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an identification
of the countries that have agreed to impose additional sanctions or take other
measures to further the policy set forth in section 101 and a description of
those measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDff09762a57fb4fe1af5ab6a5ced3a972"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification
of the countries that have not agreed to impose such sanctions or
measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF631EE32346E4E1DAFDE723B2201697A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations
for additional measures that the United States could take to further the policy
set forth in section 101; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB549E511E2344DBC8FC64AE75D9D432F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of
any decision by the World Trade Organization with respect to whether the
imposition by any country of any sanction with respect to Iran is inconsistent
with the obligations of that country as a member of the World Trade
Organization or under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, done at
Geneva October 30, 1947.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id55B0CCDFBEB449FEBBEC47D603DBCD51"><enum>104.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding the imposition of sanctions with respect to
Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that all efforts should be made by the President to maximize the
effects of existing sanctions with respect to Iran and the United States should
take all necessary measures to preserve robust information-sharing
activities.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Expansion of
sanctions relating to the energy sector of Iran and proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction by Iran</header>
<subtitle id="id4D703E12624F40EC81849F857D52C904"><enum>A</enum><header>Expansion of Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<section id="id7E5C25FED7BC4AAEB046F4288712BD46"><enum>201.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to joint ventures with the Government of Iran relating
to developing petroleum resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd1c74e8a40de435db1aff4222d91926d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">with
respect to</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">to
Iran</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">relating to the energy sector of
Iran</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2E4C786334CD4C9F937EEF13D8F04A51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADDC7C479DCD492C936F0521073C9AA4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID73d2d5233866472a92f6bcec58ed7ad6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Joint ventures
with Iran relating to developing petroleum resources</header>
<subparagraph id="id13B28829F2214C538F8B8C9D536BA883"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and subsection
(f), the President shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in section
6(a) with respect to a person if the President determines that the person
knowingly participates, on or after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human
Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, in a joint venture with respect to the
development of petroleum resources outside of Iran if—</text>
<clause id="idE1CA746C96CD43668EC18F0719BF2876"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the joint venture
is established on or after January 1, 2002; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6d20e4642f5045398018fd337ee45e1c"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF5846A0F1A5A41B2B5DDC06B0F3FB78B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Government of Iran
is a substantial partner or investor in the joint venture; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7D55B89BE7644E6C8BE16D5C731C3C75" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Iran could, through a direct operational
role in the joint venture or by other means, receive technological knowledge or
equipment not previously available to Iran that could directly and
significantly contribute to the enhancement of Iran's ability to develop
petroleum resources in Iran.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id624C1C9C3381462F838F76A1AC05F3BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply with respect to participation in a joint venture
established on or after January 1, 2002, and before the date of the enactment
of the <short-title>Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title> if the person participating in the joint
venture terminates that participation not later than the date that is 180 days
after such date of
enactment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id103495FA7E1044C292CAEE240B5EE355"><enum>202.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to the provision of goods, services, technology, or
support for the energy or petrochemical sectors of Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by section 201, is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC55B5DF716AC435FA7C69FEF326CB044" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDd660a1fc497549318335088dd4402f97"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Support for the
development of petroleum resources and refined petroleum products in
Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="id24B5068DA5314E57A18DC56149950171"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall
impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a
person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after the
date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, sells, leases, or
provides to Iran goods, services, technology, or support described in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="ID1942da5ab1904948afda612e3f56d94d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any of which has
a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd72a248d31c54d5bb1067293a9193db1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that, during a
12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or
more.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2279abd0ecbd41319b8494cd3d63fa4e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Goods,
services, technology, or support described</header><text>Goods, services,
technology, or support described in this subparagraph are goods, services,
technology, or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the
maintenance or enhancement of Iran's—</text>
<clause id="idECFBA980D5B84970BFE1698A49B81EC9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ability to
develop petroleum resources located in Iran; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id0AF2E90D594248F4BB1A460B7EBEA300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>domestic
production of refined petroleum products, including any direct and significant
assistance with respect to the construction, modernization, or repair of
petroleum refineries or directly associated infrastructure, including port
facilities, railroads, or roads, if the predominant use of those facilities,
railroads, or roads is for the transportation of refined petroleum
products.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6D9CCC40C564416E8061ABB65374F96D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Development and
purchase of petrochemical products from Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="id710D0ABA157746CDB650C628D4370E6E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f), the President shall
impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) with respect to a
person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after the
date of the enactment of <short-title>Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, sells, leases, or
provides to Iran goods, services, technology, or support described in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="idD83244AE25C94164B734DDDF32189EEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any of which has
a fair market value of $250,000 or more; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idEC7B880B6D15486D838AEB295CBECFD7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that, during a
12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or
more.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE74084CF5135488F977D683591461363"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Goods,
services, technology, or support described</header><text>Goods, services,
technology, or support described in this subparagraph are goods, services,
technology, or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the
maintenance or expansion of Iran’s domestic production of petrochemical
products.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id824582C219C742F88FB7CFB7D10AB5A4"><enum>203.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to joint ventures with the Government of Iran relating
to mining, production, or transportation of uranium</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0AE9E468D34946F381620CD703DC4C14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id31BB8D37B3A3402E959AECD2D875AC37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving
such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4752B2180CF44C085ACED37D46DD2D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>a person has, on or after</quote> and inserting the following: “a person
has—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF976FE0252DF4C949CE4135C96DB8A28" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id350E861330D74619A042A08B97A723F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on or
after</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61557CEF052F4446A722A12592DC4CCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), as redesignated, by striking the period and inserting <quote>;
or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87A9E99C0C214C5589DBD6F042FE578B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57B6D735ABC24B1193B696676F49E8E1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idC279E1709CCD4CC49269A4F6385FFD2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>except as
provided in paragraph (3), knowingly participated, on or after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, in a joint
venture—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id3B6168F2DCEF4420B2311910B8FD76D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id07F19B73C4EF4F09BAF52FC33003C8CC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Government of
Iran;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1716C56E97294C2489C00DE76AC7C811"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an entity
incorporated in Iran or subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1E08FD418F954D15AE18FB40BE9F2B99"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a person acting
on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, the Government
of Iran or an entity described in subclause (II); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id445FE7F271824B229461726F5CF060E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that involves
any activity relating to the mining, production, or transportation of
uranium.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id79A71B716F3F40309EEE342AFF0D7971"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A73702B6EAF488C9349C8E905525C6C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id76DC9E21E93F4C258AF7DE0AAB2F6874"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability
of sanctions with respect to joint ventures relating to the mining, production,
or transportation of uranium</header>
<subparagraph id="id0C435109DDA14015915E2B8A68BC11AF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to
participation, on or after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human
Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, in—</text>
<clause id="id04A8554F80BA406998618B6F208F0EDC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
joint venture established on or after such date of enactment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id32CCAA24C9E54052995FC26837CCB605"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as
provided in subparagraph (B), a joint venture established before such date of
enactment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id197815B1AFA346199BE97E390E7C0CD6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph
(1)(B) shall not apply with respect to participation in a joint venture
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) if the person participating in the joint
venture terminates that participation not later than the date that is 180 days
after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of
2012</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id44523BDAA07F40FFA6D6F0B583128B7F"><enum>204.</enum><header>Expansion of
sanctions available under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<subsection id="id5BC0E4A0A6DF4759A83F0C22A82BF994"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFEF8C73203B847C49411B7F2AC8EAB60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (11); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCDE7BDDB7DAF45409EC5926941BA8B37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09AF4C4F7D4943F2B877EEE631C1E507" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID40f960c6037c4508b4af3144a44685cf"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Exclusion of
corporate officers</header><text>The President may direct the Secretary of
State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from
the United States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate
officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest in, a
sanctioned person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDa3fa55d4497441cd96732fe9266e9618"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Sanctions on
principal executive officers</header><text>The President may impose on the
principal executive officer or officers of any sanctioned person, or on persons
performing similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer or
officers, any of the sanctions under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBD63C4108B4547FB88D3DF58260892AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to activities
described in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this
Act, commenced on or after such date of enactment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB4BC0FB131664E4CAE163F8E3A0EC804"><enum>205.</enum><header>Expansion of
definitions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<subsection id="id0BD73819B4AE426CA796B3BAADAE69FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14 of the
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6744EA6D5F2D499A8B241C62AA78BAF1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id90EDEE3372534EEEA2E0616067E251E1"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Credible
information</header><text>The term <term>credible information</term>, with
respect to a person—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6FA3071D0B2E4C85B246BD6A94C707D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes—</text>
<clause id="IDc0fc0ade189249d393acbc79270805ad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
public announcement by the person that the person has engaged in an activity
described in section 5; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD85E91BAB01B479DA9A5F498399C0199"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information set
forth in a report to stockholders of the person indicating that the person has
engaged in such an activity; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE6E1246AE5344189CD567DD64CC7B36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include, in
the discretion of the President—</text>
<clause id="ID6e3edd3116564d478d585890a3f88efb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an announcement
by the Government of Iran that the person has engaged in such an activity;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0394050c0b85476394aac5c5dec110a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information
indicating that the person has engaged in such an activity that is set forth
in—</text>
<subclause id="ID98b6b889c0b74d0c82bb71cf4c368ac4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a report of the
Government Accountability Office, the Energy Information Administration, or the
Congressional Research Service; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff680688f96f470dbd2ecbea23878c7f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a report or
publication of a similarly reputable governmental organization.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E236C0774F9483C90269A5CCEE9AD7C"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Petrochemical
product</header><text>The term <term>petrochemical product</term> includes any
aromatic, olefin, or synthesis gas, and any derivative of such a gas, including
ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol,
and
urea.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id209F6B17C0334FEF9A17D13618214A4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to activities
described in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this
Act, commenced on or after such date of enactment.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id74E1F70E9C4348B79D43630A92A2C3AE"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional
measures relating to sanctions against Iran</header>
<section commented="no" id="id39469735D1B64791BF652C110A62BCF6"><enum>211.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to the provision of vessels or shipping services to
transport certain goods related to proliferation or terrorism activities to
Iran</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idEEDFC2068F4041BBBC6D31B0D3DCDD8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (c), if the President determines that a person, on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act, knowingly provides a vessel, insurance or
reinsurance, or any other shipping service for the transportation to or from
Iran of goods that could materially contribute to the activities of the
Government of Iran with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction or support for acts of international terrorism, the President
shall, pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to
blocking of property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their
supporters) or Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking
property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism), or otherwise pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property of the persons specified
in subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are in the United
States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4C8DED0A23664413BAD6C1AF576FA95C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Persons
specified</header><text>The persons specified in this subsection are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID6964F95A9445491F9A1963B104BC7F11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the person that
provided a vessel, insurance or reinsurance, or other shipping service
described in subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID978B766E35C044CE84B8BFB2944A227E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any person
that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID19AC23F1467448618A02A83DBAF7615C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a successor
entity to the person referred to in paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID0F1220984D284625B42125EDC70127EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owns or controls
the person referred to in paragraph (1), if the person that owns or controls
the person referred to in paragraph (1) had actual knowledge or should have
known that the person referred to in paragraph (1) provided the vessel,
insurance or reinsurance, or other shipping service; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDF0A9CF48EB40405A938C541486037475"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned or
controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, the person referred
to in paragraph (1), if the person owned or controlled by, or under common
ownership or control with (as the case may be), the person referred to in
paragraph (1) knowingly engaged in the provision of the vessel, insurance or
reinsurance, or other shipping service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idA1309E6065B04D3682B1C7A0ED23E4B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
President may waive the requirement to impose sanctions with respect to a
person under subsection (a) on or after the date that is 30 days after the
President—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8317E92EB32641698AA2A77CD2751A08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that
such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFCB2138D4C44B81B59DB5BDCB13C1B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the reasons for
that determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6CA5BEFBA7704C199A1F643530986075"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit
the authority of the President to designate persons for the imposition of
sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to
the blocking of property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their
supporters) or Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking
property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism), or otherwise pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id689BE65DA78743F4AF2B5A10AC015E5F"><enum>212.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to subsidiaries and agents of persons sanctioned by
United Nations Security Council resolutions</header>
<subsection id="idCA85649D33B446A5B6B2A96D97CC1DAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(c)(2)(B)
of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
(22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id71B1156678FD4057B32C590D9F7F545E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of a person
subject</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id456390C8350143038F2A519C46FA503B" style="OLC">
<text>of—</text><clause id="idB2A62568ACF74FB5BF3B07C9AC10F525"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
person
subject</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id95AA8D215F6143F9B6C9D353D82FF994"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i), as
redesignated, by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id187844AF8460434E876407325EE84687"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38284DA681D840489300ADFD5F9488E2" style="OLC">
<clause id="id1325DFCB0A1B4062BFB397C97149869A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a person acting
on behalf of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled by, a person
described in clause
(i);</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7C862E5CF4D548CBA2B0BB68751A4CDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall make such revisions to the regulations prescribed under
section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513) as are necessary to carry out the amendments made
by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB7FDE52918A74C0099EB53D3541DCFC1"><enum>213.</enum><header>Liability of
parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign subsidiaries</header>
<subsection id="H51CB31E79C96430281F10E18092889DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H63E7C2C036FF490BBDE845893F4AA129"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The
term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint
venture, corporation, or other organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB93D1579DDE44C649C7255C6DA5B5660"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Own or
control</header><text>The term <term>own or control</term> means, with respect
to an entity—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB14555CBC2FE464E971DA11B0681B439"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to hold more than
50 percent of the equity interest by vote or value in the entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DF41C207800485484E615292F14C7A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to hold a majority
of seats on the board of directors of the entity; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FF33345DF6B4BF5A73D5E19B23E250E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to otherwise
control the actions, policies, or personnel decisions of the entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2EB3774E9C04460BB8CEECFD3F279F03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall prohibit an entity owned or
controlled by a United States person and established or maintained outside the
United States from engaging in any transaction directly or indirectly with the
Government of Iran or any person subject to the jurisdiction of that Government
that would be prohibited by an order or regulation issued pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) if the
transaction were engaged in by a United States person or in the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id70066DE071FA4078BA21604DA6BA8130"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civil
penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The civil penalties
provided for in section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) shall apply to a United States person to the same
extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act
described in section 206(a) of that Act if an entity owned or controlled by the
United States person and established or maintained outside the United States
violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
any order or regulation issued to implement subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idEE954E80DD1A4B1393156643BA88B7FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsection
(c) shall not apply with respect to a transaction described in subsection (b)
by an entity owned or controlled by a United States person and established or
maintained outside the United States if the United States person divests or
terminates its business with the entity not later than the date that is 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDed35501d1ea6475c82310143285e1a8d"><enum>214.</enum><header>Disclosures to
the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to sanctionable
activities</header>
<subsection id="ID13e9af5bf3a2441e94d04f1d9bb78cfe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93B0C92805D74A429E3CEFD856A9CEB6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID0f205a78817a41b8ac022a17d28fd1a1"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Disclosure of
certain activities relating to Iran</header>
<paragraph id="ID1cdb2fa11c934d5db9167dd5c84de064"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each issuer required to file an annual or quarterly
report under subsection (a) shall disclose in that report the information
required by paragraph (2) if, during the period covered by the report, the
issuer or any affiliate of the issuer—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6ed36ae37c1f4b02a73a5152c8a74a1e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>knowingly engaged
in an activity described in section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe60ba3d767ff487dbc52299608003ffe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>knowingly engaged
in an activity described in subsection (c)(2) of section 104 of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8513) or a transaction described in subsection (d)(1) of that
section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECED73C1F35C4F6C8B1B35A203B23AB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>knowingly engaged
in an activity described in section 105A(b)(2) of that Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc10a88e323544ae18e050676feefa391"><enum>(D)</enum><text>knowingly
conducted any transaction or dealing with—</text>
<clause id="IDdd0b1a6c72cd40f1bcf03d31cb1d0b2a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any person the
property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079; relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support
terrorism);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa79ff4b5367047e5a9fd1323f41daab0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any person the
property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567; relating to blocking of property of weapons of
mass destruction proliferators and their supporters); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID9f481e1bdb004282a9101bf5b1c901b1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any person
identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations
(relating to the definition of the Government of Iran).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDee1019e0b2ec42a888110010c59e900f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information
required</header><text>If an issuer or an affiliate of the issuer has engaged
in any activity described in paragraph (1), the issuer shall disclose a
detailed description of each such activity, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID34d111b3733e41d1ae3eb530b8c5a66a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the nature and
extent of the activity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4aa47a861d734970941cca0f298a9ea2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the gross
revenues and net profits, if any, attributable to the activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc1c15a8b0347430b8249d2abb8b45fd9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the
issuer or the affiliate of the issuer (as the case may be) intends to continue
the activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc7da0b844ae549b285d666ebbb04e056"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice of
disclosures</header><text>If an issuer reports under paragraph (1) that the
issuer or an affiliate of the issuer has knowingly engaged in any activity
described in that paragraph, the issuer shall separately file with the
Commission, concurrently with the annual or quarterly report under subsection
(a), a notice that the disclosure of that activity has been included in that
annual or quarterly report that identifies the issuer and contains the
information required by paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3efc20f29c8d42dabf9abd4ed6b7b8a7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public
disclosure of information</header><text>Upon receiving a notice under paragraph
(3) that an annual or quarterly report includes a disclosure of an activity
described in paragraph (1), the Commission shall promptly—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7A73D5655445446A9756A2F5C2B84F08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmit the
report to—</text>
<clause id="id8856FC21966C4D80BFE2084EFD20C85E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
President;</text>
</clause><clause id="id83DBA59776B14968A8965C2F27F9B240"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id17C82BA1938447EE9EBA1AE77FEB2DB5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
of the Senate; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF9029D76D93B42FB9D37DCA0943E4FF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the
information provided in the disclosure and the notice available to the public
by posting the information on the Internet website of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE98E8A96826430D83755D8B72E040E5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>Upon
receiving a report under paragraph (4), the President shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID714547557f1643cc85f731c33f84d657"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initiate an
investigation into the possible imposition of sanctions under the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), section 104 or
105A of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010, an Executive Order specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(D),
or any other provision of law relating to the imposition of sanctions with
respect to Iran, as applicable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe52672d5929e4bccb30cfdc155b21887"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than
180 days after initiating such an investigation, make a determination with
respect to whether sanctions should be imposed with respect to the issuer or
the affiliate of the issuer (as the case may be).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID41b15193b2a348558cd3335cbe953667"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The
provisions of this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after
the date on which the President makes the certification described in section
401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
of 2010 (22 U.S.C.
8551(a)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4952be37823149e58c3e71f0f370b805"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect with
respect to reports required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id34FDC27B76B9413393AA0835FB6439ED"><enum>215.</enum><header>Identification
of, and immigration restrictions on, senior officials of the Government of Iran
and their family members</header>
<subsection id="ID037e0cfdf403481f87d505b262b83c44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the President shall publish a list of each individual the President
determines is—</text>
<paragraph id="id11412DFB01FD484D80B451D69396A4E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a senior official
of the Government of Iran described in subsection (b) that is involved in
Iran's—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID228ABEBA372F47EF97A1D1A979BB57B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>illicit nuclear
activities or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems
for weapons of mass destruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9B134BEF85984417978C3CC14C01E5AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support for
international terrorism; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD4B3AD1647724AE9847034512A9FAF55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commission of
serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or their family members;
or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8DE289A384B7406A96D120A3B8039F73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a family member
of such an official.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8073CB30A8D4723AEC459522292EEF8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Senior
officials of the Government of Iran described</header><text>A senior official
of the Government of Iran described in this subsection is any senior official
of that Government, including—</text>
<paragraph id="id19149519F3564918BCECA2DC14DDE260"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Supreme
Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd2752ad594e74f41beb29c30cbc9bca5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President of
Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1727856DF49149B7B74D9EFDA7AC7C39"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a member of the
Cabinet of the Government of Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id17FA6D54A6F040669F07C59E4A33B7AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a member of the
Assembly of Experts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id889581C097A640A5AD5242ADDCD6103D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a senior member
of the Intelligence Ministry of Iran; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id34F518830F184995AD817E9E05D8AE53"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a member of
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps with the rank of brigadier general or higher,
including a member of a paramilitary organization such as Ansar-e-Hezbollah or
Basij-e Motaz’afin.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd2379bb7f3c5416f8ec4659529ce6fde"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restrictions on
visas and adjustments in immigration status</header><text>The Secretary of
State and the Secretary of Homeland Security may not grant an individual on the
list required by subsection (a) immigration status in, or admit the individual
to, the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb3bd9bd73645427483f1d2f19f9a3e3f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
President may waive the application of subsection (a) or (c) with respect to an
individual if the President—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7549ae2ffc664667bdcf820a52530324"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that
such a waiver is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id09C8E3F8CF3A49309114377FF634F7EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the national
interests of the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18A038C783DE42D0B973AE1361174406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>necessary to
permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United
Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the
United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID356800d0281a40a69186c87f3d6d0911"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 7
days before the waiver takes effect, notifies Congress of the waiver and the
reason for the waiver.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id563E9D6004AA4E35A64017CA2C232283"><enum>216.</enum><header>Reports on,
and authorization of imposition of sanctions with respect to, the provision of
financial communications services to the Central Bank of Iran and sanctioned
Iranian financial institutions</header>
<subsection id="IDf48924ae14f747628cd5b9a33359c359"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="id5237FC22DEEF42BCA2AB14534C0B8498"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President has
been engaged in diplomatic efforts to multilateralize sanctions against Iran to
restrict the access of the Government of Iran to the global financial
system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE25AC372160C4D42BA75FCEAF72495AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President
should intensify those efforts and, in particular, efforts to ensure that
global financial communications services providers, such as the Society for
Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (in this section referred to as
<quote>SWIFT</quote>), cut off services to Iranian financial institutions
designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2147450C7D7742B5A66AED92572889B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>at a time when
financial institutions around the world are severing their ties with such
Iranian financial institutions, it is inconsistent and troubling that financial
communications services providers continue to service those financial
institutions, particularly with respect to the Belgian cooperative SWIFT,
which—</text>
<subparagraph id="idED2E654B30A24C83A2C33596304B2B67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is subject to the
prohibition of the European Union on providing economic resources to financial
institutions designated for the imposition of sanctions by the European Union;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3BD9E89E1B454B68A4DF7C0F13DC55D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notes in its own
corporate rules that it reserves the right to expel a SWIFT customer that may
adversely affect SWIFT's <quote>reputation, brand, or goodwill</quote>, for
instance if the SWIFT customer is subject to sanctions (such as by the United
Nations or the European Union), as is the case with Iranian financial
institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0ac532575a6e4b388ea42addf16d34fd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on the
provision of financial communications services to sanctioned Iranian financial
institutions</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of all known entities
(including SWIFT) that provide financial communications services to, or that
enable or facilitate access to such services for, the Central Bank of Iran or a
financial institution described in section 104(c)(2)(E)(ii) of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(E)(ii)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc96deb5357fd489087cccce839db65a7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on
efforts to terminate the provision by SWIFT of services for sanctioned Iranian
financial institutions</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of efforts to
ensure that SWIFT has terminated the provision of financial communications
services to, and the enabling and facilitation of access to such services for,
the Central Bank of Iran and Iranian financial institutions designated for the
imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99f32a6f7e8b4b41a72d997a3650cf5d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
for the imposition of sanctions</header><text>If, on or after the date that is
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a global financial
communications services provider has not terminated the provision of financial
communications services to, and the enabling and facilitation of access to such
services for, the Central Bank of Iran and any financial institution described
in paragraph (2)(E)(ii) of section 104(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)), the President
may impose sanctions pursuant to that section or the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the financial
communications services provider and the directors of, and shareholders with a
significant interest in, the provider.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe7b6709866f041ea9b4367cf03b1a023" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header>Government
Accountability Office report on foreign entities that invest in the energy
sector of Iran or export refined petroleum products to Iran</header>
<subsection id="ID3039442350E64BB487A4EDAA03165B43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
report</header>
<paragraph id="ID0465DCDE46D34543A9B1D889710C1CDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C4E5EBF2B9E4009A5CA4EA460242436"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">listing all foreign investors in the energy
sector of Iran during the period specified in paragraph (2), including—</text>
<clause id="id95A680315FCC4FB2BF7F31A7F9EBB7B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all
entities that exported gasoline and other refined petroleum products to
Iran;</text>
</clause><clause id="id40EC07CCEE0843918152486BC159C9C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all entities
involved in providing refined petroleum products to Iran, including—</text>
<subclause id="id56CBC631CFB14460A64D044D8001F20E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>entities that
provided ships to transport refined petroleum products to Iran; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4236B3398D834AC68CC9E2DB03567B1B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>entities that
provided insurance or reinsurance for shipments of refined petroleum products
to Iran; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE44077D1BE844F72BDF6405C1F298C62"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all entities
involved in commercial transactions of any kind, including joint ventures
anywhere in the world, with Iranian energy companies; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0F2992B6D724A72B7AA425E65C29407"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying the
countries in which gasoline and other refined petroleum products exported to
Iran during the period specified in paragraph (2) were produced or
refined.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID24FDA30E72B94E60974BA64B86E6AEC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period
specified</header><text>The period specified in this paragraph is the period
beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on the date that is 150 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID201F26E7141247D7BF9CE726EF98BF8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updated
reports</header><text>Not later than one year after submitting the report
required by subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report containing the matters required in the report under subsection (a)(1)
for the one-year period beginning on the date that is 30 days before the date
on which the preceding report was required to be submitted by this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idA7C74DC1163748E09DE96488C009159A"><enum>218.</enum><header>Reporting on
the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum
products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 110(b) of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8518(b)) is amended by striking <quote>a report containing the
matters</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting the following: “a report, covering the 180-day period beginning on
the date that is 30 days before the date on which the preceding report was
required to be submitted by this section, that—</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id7899DBD218C64A51B8B9C99570A5D167" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB8961729CD4F4BF8AEE3243CFB3F4BC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains the
matters required in the report under subsection (a)(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD421880F612D47028C4A12A4396A8514"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E28ABE3EA3E4352BE7686AB2AE5ED2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the volume of
crude oil and refined petroleum products imported to and exported from Iran
(including through swaps and similar arrangements);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCAEEB8D8979340DF983BE7E01E9EBFD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the persons
selling and transporting crude oil and refined petroleum products described in
subparagraph (A), the countries with primary jurisdiction over those persons,
and the countries in which those products were refined;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8DA3D9BBD46402AA2F6E0608D705A24"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sources of
financing for imports to Iran of crude oil and refined petroleum products
described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id454C9269089E4DC7802F545C3FDD7B0A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the involvement
of foreign persons in efforts to assist Iran in—</text>
<clause id="id4E023B7AB0064C3DB1B2FE2030A131EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing
upstream oil and gas production capacity;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8E1595CEEB76401981921438D8017FA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>importing
advanced technology to upgrade existing Iranian refineries;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3E622109E42447ADA6C97C887BE6DACC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>converting
existing chemical plants to petroleum refineries; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id2E757D8E75054CE4AFEF7329DC18B2B8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>maintaining,
upgrading, or expanding refineries or constructing new
refineries.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Sanctions with
respect to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subtitle id="id5532F8DA73484FE2A749C9D0582CDD20"><enum>A</enum><header>Identification
of, and sanctions with respect to, officials, agents, affiliates, and
supporters of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and other sanctioned
persons</header>
<section commented="no" id="id65A8886FD7534B93AFFDBB11185C28BA"><enum>301.</enum><header>Identification
of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, officials, agents, and
affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="IDc00245bd54774c448dc037819f16d071"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and as appropriate thereafter, the President shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id38C8331D51FB4193B6582508044BAA9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify foreign
persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5CAC82792108405990E856806DB56748"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each foreign
person identified under paragraph (1) that is not already designated for the
imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idFDC8F459C812401A97F3AA664267314B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate that
foreign person for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to that Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB12923097C184E76B22F94872579C51F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>block and
prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of that
foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United
States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idB76D682AEFCE4A49BF6D959B72A63D0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority for
investigation</header><text>In identifying foreign persons pursuant to
subsection (a)(1) as officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps, the President shall give priority to investigating—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID15ba2ab23fb646a3bc03b94426adc7f1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>foreign persons
identified under section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations
(relating to the definition of the Government of Iran); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDaac139d574a2487198f1a02d5fbb48f6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>foreign persons
for which there is a reasonable basis to find that the person has conducted or
attempted to conduct one or more sensitive transactions or activities described
in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="IDb3e612e5d49b494a9413ffb5593ed5bd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sensitive
transactions and activities described</header><text>A sensitive transaction or
activity described in this subsection is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID6630e69eb7c147a0b34c95b5cc674488"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a financial
transaction or series of transactions valued at more than $1,000,000 in the
aggregate in any 12-month period involving a non-Iranian financial
institution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDd23b623d79de4156bf4cda8513a70c1f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a transaction to
facilitate the manufacture, importation, exportation, or transfer of items
needed for the development by Iran of nuclear, chemical, biological, or
advanced conventional weapons, including ballistic missiles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDbe6850ed67d9479c8d52a5b3468b3c47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a transaction
relating to the manufacture, procurement, or sale of goods, services, and
technology relating to Iran's energy sector, including a transaction relating
to the development of the energy resources of Iran, the exportation of
petroleum products from Iran, the importation of refined petroleum to Iran, or
the development of refining capacity available to Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4B725B9EEBD5402A9BDF91962B6F4741"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a transaction
relating to the manufacture, procurement, or sale of goods, services, and
technology relating to Iran's petrochemical sector; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDba3f023cda774baa80ef3771d6cc9ddf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a transaction
relating to the procurement of sensitive technologies (as defined in section
106(c) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515(c))).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID787d1b0a574c47cca122fb991e09c7ae"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exclusion from
United States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idCF10199825D549D2A4ADE7C72D3B8964"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the
United States, any alien who, on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act, is a foreign person designated pursuant to subsection (a) for the
imposition of sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD407DCF4B82435DB41B6FF599A9BE0D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory exceptions to comply with
international obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
requirement to deny visas to and exclude aliens from the United States pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall be subject to such regulations as the President may
prescribe, including regulatory exceptions to permit the United States to
comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of
America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947,
and entered into force November 21, 1947, and other applicable international
obligations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idA9ED3DC128AB4E80A6AB3DE2DC21BE09"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of
imposition of sanctions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idF1AF4B02940F445B9B0B7711C9D1C0A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President may waive the application of subsection
(a)(2) or (d) with respect to a foreign person if the President—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id412EBD7730054E66A26E9CF5B8CC75C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that
it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC9D8ECA32F8B4729A74BDB787797E1C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id331FE88A328A4CE291BFCA2DE0D817F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies the
foreign person with respect to which the waiver applies; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28607731C628466B930BF496F2056846"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sets forth the
reasons for the determination.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0D83DDED30DB4D87A108FA617980632C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5dbc8ddadd2d48b9b03da5c436678117"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove
any sanction of the United States in force with respect to Iran's Revolutionary
Guard Corps as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id258C14C4533C427B9F9FE65736FC28C9"><enum>302.</enum><header>Identification
of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, persons that support or
conduct certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or other
sanctioned persons</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8F1B295F92B941709CA449FD32286CDC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id335654C9A1F34E5C800BEE4E1A265CF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report identifying foreign persons that the President determines,
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id4A877A895EA64EE28B3B9E83D2119735"><enum>(A)</enum><text>materially
assist, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for,
or goods or services in support of, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of
its officials, agents, or affiliates the property and interests in property of
which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id22F24E577C1441C688553196A0ED3E37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engage in a
significant transaction or transactions with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps
or any such official, agent, or affiliate; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0F99F17C5DFF4E318369A754CB67911B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>engage in a
significant transaction or transactions with—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idB7F2BD54D1C847608C8A6C1EB5CD7022"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a person subject
to financial sanctions pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution
1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), or 1929 (2010), or any other resolution
that is adopted by the Security Council and imposes sanctions with respect to
Iran or modifies such sanctions; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA02FBDAF16DB49A1865F0F3E163D17B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a person acting on behalf of or at the
direction of, or owned or controlled by, a person described in clause
(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idADFBC2EAE9424D17B74B340737574FB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted
in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA2F1464D67194867A90FF9C9A7DA111E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Barter
transactions</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
<term>transaction</term> includes a barter transaction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H32F494025BAC4D0AA6E6F56DFA756D2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions</header><text>If the President determines under subsection (a)(1)
that a foreign person has knowingly engaged in an activity described in that
subsection, the President—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idC8741F20F7B548638464B3E2E9014F58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall impose 3 or
more of the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996, as amended by section 204 of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBC2B4F6D5A514FABAA5A8370134F88EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may impose
additional sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the person.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAAE4932CC1384325935B1645CBAC1EE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may terminate a sanction
imposed with respect to a foreign person pursuant to subsection (b) if the
President determines that the person—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idA7F8E379255A4F2EA436C6DE0D486122"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no longer engages in the activity for which
the sanction was imposed; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC201E58470D41EF9D9CE57F078A3BDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has provided assurances to the President
that the person will not engage in any activity described in subsection (a)(1)
in the future.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H542B3195D901420C9CD52B1F992303CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver of
imposition of sanctions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id921AF24CB02F4195BACC1EC1E12BA5BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under
subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if the President—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD80840134C24E0DB51B242BF7C9BE0E"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6CF0AC228C5641E1ADC66E1F6DB63E5F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that the
person has ceased the activity for which sanctions would otherwise be imposed
and has taken measures to prevent a recurrence of the activity; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H364E560672CD4EEDB6E29C0788D69E93" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>determines that it is in the
national security interests of the United States to do so; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H077A417346D2478196EDD4BB5B1AA434"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id316D45AE63DF479AAC56D0FA9D322917"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies the
foreign person with respect to which the waiver applies;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id888C7646B56948D782053FF7037D22FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the
activity that would otherwise subject the foreign person to the imposition of
sanctions under subsection (b); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id6AB9662F6B6D49288940571CB50BB7CD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>sets forth the
reasons for the determination.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0B3D7660218D4B108CFCFC49657AA6AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDE361C6FE58D4263A5667D70912FCA9C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of
identifications and designations</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subtitle and subject to paragraph (2), the President shall
not be required to make any identification of a foreign person under subsection
(a) or any identification or designation of a foreign person under section
301(a) if the President—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idB0DDB6B04DDA488F8F6C2988030331EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that
doing so would cause damage to the national security of the United States,
including through the divulgence of sources or methods of obtaining
intelligence or other critical classified information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id48BCB6B06E794A9686AE026E8B65D4BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notifies the
appropriate congressional committees of the exercise of the authority provided
under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD964A684E7845CC85E0BBA89AB14A19"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Application of
provisions of Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header><text>The following provisions
of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by this Act, apply with respect
to the imposition under subsection (b)(1) of sanctions relating to activities
described in subsection (a)(1) to the same extent that such provisions apply
with respect to the imposition of sanctions under section 5(a) of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id919B16F00C9143F6BD308A917403BAE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections (c)
and (e) of section 4.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B36D21266E8410891D76CA034B7DEDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsections (c),
(d), and (f) of section 5.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3B0FDEC677448B1B9E9FFAF423AC838"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 8.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA176604D3D914AB39895A8E936383363"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 9.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7A5ED04F6B146C8B8056FB60AF19EE7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section
11.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE51A190334740CD917A168DD61BDA95"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section
12.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1E3D4722EA541AC8235F22D1FF69CC3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 13.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87F2658091B64F7D8BCCA6E9D9137980"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section
14.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C09B6E110D840E189265A0946330B9F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle shall be construed to limit the authority of the President to
designate foreign persons for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id7FCBD1DB9F18477985B7A3EFCB6A9F5F"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional
measures relating to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<section id="idB770A02BD29E409C84AB86F165F04589"><enum>311.</enum><header>Expansion of
procurement prohibition to foreign persons that engage in certain transactions
with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subsection id="id21CE88604C6543A2A13BEA21A9D37C66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(b)(1) of
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id59D654466B56442C955C9F82E0DF6112"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Not later than 90
days</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id521EBAE770A648CFA80A9B6C34B11D5E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id001BC2DE5AD3414E9551AA1973856BC8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certifications
relating to activities described in section 5</header><text>Not later than 90
days</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFAE909338A584ABAA00E744AC8EDDA03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0E65DCC2AF54263998326E77643EC44" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idBB99903E979B478CA8E3B1C9BF4C0A47"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certifications
relating to transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human
Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be
revised to require a certification from each person that is a prospective
contractor that the person, and any person owned or controlled by the person,
does not knowingly engage in a significant transaction or transactions with
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its officials, agents, or affiliates
the property and interests in property of which are blocked pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id256159F3D226402D8A0540F23F750B26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id84EAFC8C072648608320D0BE6FB1C0C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 6(b) of
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended by subsection (a), is further
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id46851050583F44B2B83AD85CC840782D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(A), as redesignated, by
striking <quote>issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id52DE72E2BA184351B39E42667915C8AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id704E4C8A841C47E29F00C48617062E3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the
revision</quote> and inserting <quote>the applicable revision</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id39B44C07B19C422B8981DF431DB58ECD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE64F2BE4AD9C464FBB6E2B1E696FF446"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFE35F6961D843B3B79F0B7E5B7B5C4E" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id55398E7676954CCF8FCBA7BAF6479709"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93F7FEF49FED4A069BCB6FF04A25EAC5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>executive agency</term> has
the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64FFCAA710AF442882E600CFE1DEC3F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal
Acquisition Regulation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>Federal Acquisition Regulation</term> means the regulation issued
pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id578BD565F86C4F719CC922281FFF2027"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id404A806990954F0F95568218E3A5242F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation required under
paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69464EBD87894D019487CFA2487EB2B1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idA6C24B8A0D3E468FBD49DE4D938910D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certifications
relating to activities described in section 5</header><text>The revisions to
the Federal Acquisition Regulation required under paragraph
(1)(A)</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idD6DE4DACE35A49AFAE3CDBB2AFE8CFB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD697E4F232EB468C941BA700CD0F9028" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF07D61A2C23145E09673734C16455D63"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certifications
relating to transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Corps</header><text>The revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation
required under paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to contracts for which
solicitations are issued on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Human Rights Act of
2012</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id057729AC882745698D363CC043A0DB94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 101(3) of
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
(22 U.S.C. 8511(3)) is amended by striking <quote>section 4 of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 133 of title 41, United States Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="S1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header>Determinations of
whether the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker
Company are agents or affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header>
<subsection id="id3D9E4E1E968647A9BA1B4210AA919232"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(c) of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8513(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H588E09021A944F24A45AF0BBB2DA5F5F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H662008B22C4F4CF18CDBC1EBEA8E7A80"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determinations
regarding NIOC and NITC</header>
<subparagraph id="HF7781A07E03548149E81BBB7AD5EEF17"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>For
purposes of paragraph (2)(E)(i), the Secretary of the Treasury shall, not later
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012—</text>
<clause id="HED19B5EC9D2540029B37E04AD5A7C474"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether
the NIOC or the NITC is an agent or affiliate of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Corps; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H36ED09D52D3741359A0CEA0D3CA7D006"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the determinations made under
clause (i), together with the reasons for those determinations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3AA3E935CAC40DDA29318DF748DD95E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>A report submitted under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA998FFBA695E477C90818A1BB72576DC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicability
with respect to petroleum transactions</header>
<clause id="H6B080D076F004D269A35383D996D5B7E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application of
sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided
in clause (ii), the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall apply to a
transaction for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from, or to
financial services relating to such a transaction for, the NIOC or the NITC on
or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81)
only if the President has determined, pursuant to section 1245(d)(4)(B) of that
Act, that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products
produced in countries other than Iran to permit purchasers of petroleum and
petroleum products from Iran to reduce significantly in volume their purchases
from Iran.</text>
</clause><clause id="H776F475E04AD4DF3B100C879481B54F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception for
certain countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a foreign
financial institution that facilitates a significant transaction or
transactions for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from, or that
provides significant financial services relating to such a transaction for, the
NIOC or the NITC if the President determines and reports to Congress, not later
than 90 days after the date on which the President makes the determination
required by section 1245(d)(4)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2012, and every 180 days thereafter, that the country with primary
jurisdiction over the foreign financial institution has significantly reduced
its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran during the period beginning on the
date on which the President submitted the last report with respect to the
country under this clause.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4C489C6255B40098E8E1725B1CCD2EA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H5B689CE8BE5B4B31881809135BE9B2EF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>NIOC</header><text>The
term <quote>NIOC</quote> means the National Iranian Oil Company.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E850A72CB3A425684793FF7C09C016E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>NITC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>NITC</quote> means the
National Iranian Tanker
Company.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id2B36D31A12D74637A3488125298FD0F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 104(g) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(g)) is amended by
striking <quote>subsection (c)(1)</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (c)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Measures
relating to human rights abuses in Iran</header>
<subtitle id="id6984F33EFC794DCDA6425EEA5DAFB128"><enum>A</enum><header>Expansion of
sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Iran</header>
<section id="ID279b09e24ed845e189e3b7c6f85f1d5c"><enum>401.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that
are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header>
<subsection id="id803A6A98FF654D55AC5FBAEDA8EFBB91"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 105 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD102E800CE994AF39E30BC95AAAF5C6D" style="OLC">
<section id="idEFDBEFECEC3E41F0813E454ECF048D0C"><enum>105A.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that
are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header>
<subsection id="ID12bb25626fb3443bb622cea1d0393145"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions in accordance with
subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8B02C5B5F9B547FB8A8C9FC01D4ED926"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List</header>
<paragraph id="id5C592B98CFA84AB4A8FA603488FD840D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human
Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have
knowingly engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after such
date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d521c57bab8478d80585f92bef0219a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activity
described</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6c0a693436ef4c78901866d119e7c10d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A person engages in an activity described in this
paragraph if the person—</text>
<clause id="ID712e36a11e664e729d11017dc372cfe3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfers, or
facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph
(C) to Iran; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdb9af434fe6e4df3b715f38400ea4293"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides
services with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C)
after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID0d539d4baf4f4effb049901ae8e5b4ef"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability
to contracts and other agreements</header><text>A person engages in an activity
described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried
out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after
the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6074b4fe4a6546638b7b63822a488806"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Goods or
technologies described</header><text>Goods or technologies described in this
subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are likely
to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities to commit serious human rights abuses against the people of
Iran, including—</text>
<clause id="id1AC26288A4AF45358BA53DE2D2EA355F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>firearms or
ammunition (as those terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United
States Code), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun
grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance
technology; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id50C7A228F181429AB6F8C34958E055C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sensitive
technology (as defined in section 106(c)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf18bf6ad0c494e03a8a9991065973141"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule to
allow for termination of sanctionable activity</header><text>The President
shall not be required to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1)
if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional
committees that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7c8d79036b84416d91b33c4eb25df803"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person is no
longer engaging in, or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping,
the activity described in paragraph (2) for which the President would otherwise
have included the person on the list; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8dbeb589ce784bf5a39029d8cb9b0962"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has
received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in any
activity described in paragraph (2) in the future.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id62B15E71D25F4F7FA05A74A21CED55A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updates of
list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id8BB59F9A282941FE95665AAE898C6E01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each time the
President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under
section 105(b)(2)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1C494FF2EC504A12BD3F438E469BEEFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new
information becomes available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD8EACE0AFC0A4C728FAA7D5AE748C4AE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Form of report;
public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="id77B06BB172A84568AEFAF4999E0BCFFA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45394995A89649C0A881D7EADCE256E6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by
paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID4f9eb731683d4b2fb1856744f25b16b6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of
sanctions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idC85B0D920D824E429B7A7DD121FFECA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>Subject to paragraph (2), the
President shall impose sanctions described in section 105(c) with respect to a
person on the list required by subsection (b).<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6E49EBE20B054633830E3B869E3E9C43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfers to
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps</header><text>In the case of a person on the
list required by subsection (b) for transferring, or facilitating the transfer
of, goods or technologies described in subsection (b)(2)(C) to Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps, or providing services with respect to such goods or
technologies after such goods or technologies are transferred to Iran's
Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id6212BAAC2446481EA1E1A82D4DEF63D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>impose sanctions
described in section 105(c) with respect to the person; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8EA03EF63CF449CC8DA671284B442762"><enum>(B)</enum><text>impose such other
sanctions from among the sanctions described in section 6(a) of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as the
President determines
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id95939475A3B649DD9BD7A48BA8BB1E8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 105 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id297c4f24-5f68-4dc7-8ede-a4d6f7ba6b93" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="idEFDBEFECEC3E41F0813E454ECF048D0C" level="section">Sec. 105A. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer
of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human
rights
abuses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id9B4D5EBF9B4641A7B62E9A6971E31047"><enum>402.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related
activities against citizens of Iran</header>
<subsection id="idFB15592064434C6E85FFA31E808FCB23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), as amended by section 401, is
further amended by inserting after section 105A the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id853EA1A79EA348FD801CC07C5266B924" style="OLC">
<section id="id7F42ED7ED723460E808FCBE195CAB218"><enum>105B.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other related
activities against citizens of Iran</header>
<subsection id="ID08E5732F65F5417B88789DD23EFBC40F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in section
105(c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8258788A30874AD3B7C5A6478F83FFC1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of persons
who engage in censorship</header>
<paragraph id="ID83E309ABBC0043F884C07BC37C6E150C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
the <short-title>Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human
Rights Act of 2012</short-title>, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a list of persons that the President determines have
engaged in censorship or other activities that prohibit, limit, or penalize the
exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC8FCAC594B3D4B6A90416D7821FBAF5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Paragraph
(1) applies with respect to censorship or other activities described in that
paragraph that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="id295B7AC6E2E84A30A1DC9FB418D96DA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commenced on or
after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012</short-title>;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E72F32EB4F647768C76AE124975BE09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>commenced before
such date of enactment, if such activities continue on or after such date of
enactment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID6513C154987F485F94907231E6C6592D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates of
list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id0BCC56FAA1CC46579F1BBCF97130D2E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each time the
President is required to submit an updated list to those committees under
section 105(b)(2)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDE255D2A9DE334B49BB8B5EB7BF76C03B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new
information becomes available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD73501EDEEEA4A498E83F495F21A5FFB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Form of report;
public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="ID565C17419D55497B986E4148E0A73184"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3A19477EF8394FD899D87C1666FA827A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by
paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of
State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id7906EF0F56A14828B84756DB2A98665A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended by section
401, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 105A
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="idc73c5800-b7d8-4e82-9e8e-2a772a63dd64" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="id7F42ED7ED723460E808FCBE195CAB218" level="section">Sec. 105B. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons who
engage in censorship or other related activities against citizens of
Iran.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id501DCAECF1914F6CA8C7FE7F960E2A41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 401(b)(1) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id03839D55E36D4EC9B96A838E515FC2FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, 105A(a), or 105B(a)</quote> after <quote>105(a)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id734BE2E7867F47E7BCB657BDF0973A1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, 105A(b), or 105B(b)</quote> after <quote>105(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idD9A1F187ADAF4E8AAF53E1D782406590"><enum>B</enum><header>Additional
measures to promote human rights in Iran</header>
<section id="ID21ef1361e3f34dc5850247f0310e690f"><enum>411.</enum><header>Expedited
consideration of requests for authorization of certain human rights-,
humanitarian-, and democracy-related activities with respect to Iran</header>
<subsection id="IDe1c609e0addc47f7b39d37db71ab3297"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Office of Foreign Assets Control, in consultation with the Department of State,
shall establish an expedited process for the consideration of complete requests
for authorization to engage in human rights-, humanitarian-, or
democracy-related activities relating to Iran that are submitted by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID092e31a209614ef1b2d6ce9e6d17b4b8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entities
receiving funds from the Department of State to engage in the proposed
activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID095e1a9bf4bf4446bc69c5c733ab0d39"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Broadcasting
Board of Governors; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcf181b5d14e74b51a87514a0b741b25f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>other appropriate
agencies of the United States Government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD4087824B7874959AE11ED538953028F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Requests
for authorization under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Office of
Foreign Assets Control in conformance with the agency’s regulations, including
section 501.801 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the
Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations). Applicants must fully
disclose the parties to the transactions as well as describe the activities to
be undertaken. License applications involving the exportation or reexportation
of goods, technology, or software to Iran must provide a copy of an official
Commodity Classification issued by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security, as part of the license application.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id85243DB1CA684AACB849C4C7CB97CEBC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign Policy
review</header><text>The Department of State shall complete a foreign policy
review of a request for authorization under subsection (a) not later than 30
days after the request is referred to the Department by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idDF1971781D144213AEA825E6648197AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>License
determinations</header><text>License determinations for complete requests for
authorization under subsection (a) shall be made not later than 90 days after
receipt by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, with the following
exceptions:</text>
<paragraph id="ID377e7612e1d5491e8de1f284d43216da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any requests
involving the exportation or reexportation to Iran of goods, technology, or
software listed on the Commerce Control List maintained pursuant to part 774 of
the Export Administration Regulations shall be processed in a manner consistent
with the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (title XVI of Public Law
102–484) and other applicable provisions of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3716A7011CC646B49182FD2DA6A8E964"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any other
requests presenting novel or extraordinary circumstances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe8efd96411d64adfa311f14eb9793caf"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations as are appropriate to
carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID25032dfd86fd49ad8eaeb3e9b09575a5"><enum>412.</enum><header>Comprehensive
strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in
Iran</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy developed in
consultation with the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and
other Federal agencies, as appropriate, to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe7ae76c15e7b4ddc8ab9e16d28679b22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist the people
of Iran to produce, access, and share information freely and safely via the
Internet, including in Farsi and regional languages;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID98c0aedd0826471f83aacd79749a436e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support the
development of counter-censorship technologies that enable the citizens of Iran
to undertake Internet activities without interference from the Government of
Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf9ac7b3a6adb440ab43fcb31318d173e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase the
capabilities and availability of secure communications through connective
technology among human rights and democracy activists in Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9cff9646450546d7813cbbd94a46ceaf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide resources
for digital safety training for media and academic and civil society
organizations in Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID14775e962ac744bb9b457428f234d3d3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide accurate
and substantive Internet content in local languages in Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe2468801a1b04f2fb247aaa427d55b2c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>increase
emergency resources for the most vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to
organize, share information, and support human rights in Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2574936bfb744a148fcd904924bede72"><enum>(7)</enum><text>expand surrogate
radio, television, live stream, and social network communications inside Iran,
including Voice of America's Persian News Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty's Radio Farda, to provide hourly live news update programming and
breaking news coverage capability 24 hours a day and 7 days a week;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd428d0acff0146dcaf6983f1f65e7b34"><enum>(8)</enum><text>expand activities
to safely assist and train human rights, civil society, and democracy activists
in Iran to operate effectively and securely;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID22dd3b6048f34429b8fa681a611f0505"><enum>(9)</enum><text>identify and
utilize all available resources to overcome attempts by the Government of Iran
to jam or otherwise deny international satellite broadcasting signals;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa1e3f66e86a34d838f3acc40e5e34037"><enum>(10)</enum><text>expand worldwide
United States embassy and consulate programming for and outreach to Iranian
dissident communities.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDe4b6056cd0984d6b819e9ec5f657c116"><enum>413.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress on political prisoners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1560d2f954b34e4f8076f1c98a05fab7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State should support efforts to research and identify prisoners of conscience
and cases of human rights abuses in Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0057b3e4c414400d9e6e0a22104fefb3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States
Government should—</text>
<subparagraph id="idACFA40325F944CD892DEF2D7FEB66FD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offer refugee
status or political asylum in the United States to political dissidents in Iran
if requested and consistent with the laws and national security interests of
the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB3EF8CB4A71F4F748ED85FFD666AD38F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offer to assist,
through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the relocation
of such political prisoners to other countries if requested, as appropriate and
with appropriate consideration for United States national security interests;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0173bd71fd747128b8cfa828c5485e3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State should publicly call for the release of Iranian dissidents by name and
raise awareness with respect to individual cases of Iranian dissidents and
prisoners of conscience, as appropriate and if requested by the dissidents or
prisoners themselves or their families.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" id="id9FC04E7317154F4AB2D6EDE1A1EF0975"><enum>501.</enum><header>Exclusion of
citizens of Iran seeking education relating to the nuclear and energy sectors
of Iran</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id694C1868E47C43FC9341BF89E204C6D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
exclude from the United States, any alien who is a citizen of Iran that the
Secretary of State determines seeks to enter the United States to participate
in coursework at an institution of higher education (as defined in section
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) to prepare the
alien for a career in the energy sector of Iran or in nuclear science or
nuclear engineering or a related field in Iran.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA7F41702FC864623AC1C6272B9035EB2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Subsection
(a) applies with respect to visa applications filed on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id7E00FCD6FE3F4EEA906184BBB8A6367D"><enum>502.</enum><header>Technical
correction</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idD4D0F2CB9D6C4C35B6FE94F3A66AC820"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1245(d)(2) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id8DFEE3CAE67B40A3857305BA76C90568"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">agricultural
commodities,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">sales of</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id60E9FB4BDB084AEB961BE0034081D8CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the text, by inserting
<quote>agricultural commodities,</quote> after <quote>sale of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idCC563AE6DCF24CDDBACE5848C8D40534"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as
if included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
(Public Law 112–81).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB0D991A59F87441F9EE8F5E9F30C9243"><enum>503.</enum><header>Interests in
financial assets of Iran</header>
<subsection id="ID88cbd06f7efa48078bf7cadefb7d7187"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interests in
blocked assets</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
preempting any inconsistent provision of State law, the property interest of
Iran in a blocked asset shall include an interest in property of any nature
whatsoever, direct or indirect, including any direct or indirect interest in
securities or other financial assets immobilized or in any other manner held in
book entry form and credited to a securities account in the United States and
the proceeds thereof, or in any funds transfers held in a United States
financial institution. The property interest of Iran in securities or other
financial assets immobilized or in any other manner held in book entry form and
credited to a securities account in the United States and proceeds thereof
shall be deemed to exist at every tier of securities intermediary necessary to
hold an interest in any such securities or other financial assets. The property
interest of Iran in a funds transfer shall exist at any intermediary bank
necessary to complete such funds transfer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8184e13a86a64fd6beb7815e6065a0b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Property in the
United States of Iran</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and preempting any inconsistent provision of State law, the property, including
any interest in the property, of Iran shall be deemed to be property in the
United States of Iran if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID39d7b4900aea41329e84a49b6de9150a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that property is
an interest, held directly or indirectly for the benefit of Iran or for the
benefit of any securities intermediary that directly or indirectly holds the
interest for the benefit of Iran, in securities or other financial assets that
are represented by certificates or are in other physical form and are
immobilized, custodized, or held for safekeeping or any other reason in the
United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID12b1a2ec722844f58d9dbe534f5eaf8a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that property is
an interest in securities or other financial assets held in book entry form or
otherwise, and credited to a securities account in the United States by any
securities intermediary directly or indirectly for the benefit of Iran or for
the benefit of any other securities intermediary that directly or indirectly
holds the interest for the benefit of Iran.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id529C25A2900D41D69681C73B6A727A09"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination
of whether securities or other assets are held or credited to a securities
account in the United States</header><text>For purposes of this section, an
interest in securities or other financial assets is held and credited to a
securities account in the United States by a securities intermediary if the
securities intermediary is located in the United States. A securities
intermediary is conclusively presumed to be located in the United States if it
is regulated in its capacity as a securities intermediary under the laws of the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb017555bbecf445aa9d4ff7a872e1081"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commercial
activity in the United States</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the ownership by Iran, or its central bank or monetary authority, of
any property, including the interest in property described in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (b), or any other interest in property, shall be deemed
to be commercial activity in the United States and that property, including any
interest in that property, shall be deemed not to be held for the central
bank’s or monetary authority’s own account.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID724402eb813f4443a76eb15246982874"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
section applies to all attachments and proceedings in aid of execution issued
or obtained before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act with
respect to judgments entered against Iran for damages for personal injury or
death caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or
hostage-taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an
act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID36b6ca259a0c491cb8fbf350b1a3aaef"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID32c9a0bf2e814d4fb09cf64837009545"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Blocked
asset</header><text>The term <term>blocked asset</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0037f15b6da94a3cbfeaae1106ad1a2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any asset
seized or frozen by the United States under section 5(b) of the Trading With
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)) or under section 202 or 203 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 and 1702);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1b9d65bbf5e24695a68bcea79972542a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include
property that—</text>
<clause id="ID250e0c658aa4407c924ace8a9b8c02d1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
subject to a license issued by the United States Government for final payment,
transfer, or disposition by or to a person subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States in connection with a transaction for which the issuance of the
license has been specifically required by a provision of law other than the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the
United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID18d5191f49364ce0ad1bd39bd65d0dc2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
property subject to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna
Convention on Consular Relations, or that enjoys equivalent privileges and
immunities under the laws of the United States, and is being used exclusively
for diplomatic or consular purposes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID83ae9d283f4c4ac0bf7c550574ef10c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clearing
corporation</header><text>The term <term>clearing corporation</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8242d0da947a4a85a0abac5083860ddf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a clearing agency
(as defined in section 3(a)(23) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78c(a)(23)));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbcdeaa7f39724251840f4340ca70488f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federal reserve
bank; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e5345c31cfb4cd789573e967c54beb6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other person
that provides clearance or settlement services with respect to financial assets
that would require it to register as a clearing agency under the Federal
securities laws but for an exclusion or exemption from the registration
requirement under section 3(a)(23)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
if its activities as a clearing corporation, including promulgation of rules,
are subject to regulation by a Federal or State governmental authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd31db72b18ad4bb0a9b3b2ba00d2a1bc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Financial
asset; security</header><text>The terms <term>financial asset</term> and
<term>security</term> have the meanings given those terms in the Uniform
Commercial Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB9356945CD5B479B9744194B43918516"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Iran</header><text>The
term <term>Iran</term> means the Government of Iran, including the central bank
or monetary authority of that Government and any agency or instrumentality of
that Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f33b8e0e2c649f7bba7560544311134"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Property
subject to the vienna convention on diplomatic relations or the vienna
convention on consular relations</header><text>The term <term>property subject
to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on
Consular Relations</term> means any property the attachment in aid of execution
or execution of which would result in a violation of an obligation of the
United States under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at
Vienna April 18, 1961, or the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna
April 24, 1963.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID73248db6f1b14640a695dda44d7caaee"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Securities
intermediary</header><text>The term <term>securities intermediary</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5ca2512618f24dd68d68491b3b8f554c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a clearing
corporation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12de70ab074441e08758860cafa2e481"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a person,
including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business
maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID230314b82ac74c3997370f6582ddb666"><enum>(7)</enum><header>United
States</header><text>The terms <term>United States</term> includes all
territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF193C485E4A84C0D8559B41DB86CA7A7"><enum>504.</enum><header>Report on
membership of Iran in international organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter not later than September 1,
the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report listing the
international organizations of which Iran is a member and detailing the amount
that the United States contributes to each such organization on an annual
basis.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="idDC0D2C104F954B3BA28E9147C3E67BD4"><enum>601.</enum><header>Technical
implementation; penalties</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="ID9ece798241e24201ad72ba5b8dd25514"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to
carry out—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1BCA5013CE274B6F804DA874D8D11FB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sections 211,
213, and 216, subtitle A of title III, and title VII of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBA8518C8753B4A3EB59884BE908E8C7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sections 105A and
105B of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010, as added by subtitle A of title IV of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfd332fbce3f84f7d808b52d6bc7a2444"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<paragraph id="id3F1FDBE2BE974A6E9D48F1EEFFF9A057"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of
section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705)
shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to
violate, or causes a violation of a provision specified in paragraph (2) of
this subsection, or an order or regulation prescribed under such a provision,
to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an
unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73DB51F9082E44508CCB030419D7B008"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provisions
specified</header><text>The provisions specified in this paragraph are the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idF04D42150C804D7489A59D392D4FA051"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 211 and
216, subtitle A of title III, and title VII of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ED12FE1885D420199C2B4F04EF1CC25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sections 105A and
105B of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010, as added by subtitle A of title IV of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id87DDACFF742144D7BDD3D028F42D1161"><enum>602.</enum><header>Applicability
to certain intelligence activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made
by this Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of the United
States.</text>
</section><section id="id14BE33F5E9964BC18D5BB1A8EAACDBF4"><enum>603.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of sections 211, 213, 215,
216, 217, and 501, title I, and subtitle A of title III shall terminate on the
date that is 30 days after the date on which the President makes the
certification described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)).</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Sanctions with
respect to human rights abuses in Syria</header>
<section id="ID03D02DF107204E9A8F0A910355433571" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Syria Human Rights
Accountability Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idC65F8E65EF1F49FEB94B7EF04DDA1612"><enum>702.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to certain persons who are responsible for or complicit
in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Syria or their family
members</header>
<subsection id="idB437497557AD4A29B16F4996F5AB8980"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in
subsection (c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE6A57CA43ED74ABE92C142052E4D7080"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of persons
who are responsible for or complicit in certain human rights abuses</header>
<paragraph id="id828C5CC9918A4B89A350657939A54C18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a list of persons who are officials of the Government of Syria or
persons acting on behalf of that Government that the President determines,
based on credible evidence, are responsible for or complicit in, or responsible
for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious
human rights abuses against citizens of Syria or their family members,
regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Syria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id715E6C47EA3C4EEEB1695E18137EE852"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates of
list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID33D1106D82754DD78C22C773742D8031"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days
thereafter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE78C84BFDB07442880D1798FC265FC30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new
information becomes available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAE9838A4F1D84D7598F9D73B5C83A1FE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report;
public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="id4A1F54C4CEC84800830EF83045DD8C07"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A73529DB42B4B2EBC74DEBA68391C9F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by
paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID59CAFB7209424CF9B2E5AEBAAFECD051"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration
of data from other countries and nongovernmental organizations</header><text>In
preparing the list required by paragraph (1), the President shall consider
credible data already obtained by other countries and nongovernmental
organizations, including organizations in Syria, that monitor the human rights
abuses of the Government of Syria.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3CC0F19A2786459C8925536AF8251A78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions
described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are
sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including blocking of property and restrictions or
prohibitions on financial transactions and the exportation and importation of
property, subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idCDB759484DC04B2E881E8B674709085D"><enum>703.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Syria that
are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses</header>
<subsection id="idAB4C556FAF3944628A04041137E5F523"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in section
702(c) with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="id702F4FF513974CE3A48AB5C6B8C2FF90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each person on
the list required by subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3E4F5927866449AAA5CC233968CE12C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any person that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F40F58260DD48C0ABB279FD7A9C51F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a successor
entity to a person on the list;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65E2BFC3125E42FAA84C8830E16976B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owns or controls
a person on the list, if the person that owns or controls the person on the
list had actual knowledge or should have known that the person on the list
engaged in the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was
included in the list; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71FDA8D0B5D94CAEB0D3A3506ED7B280"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned or
controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, the person on the
list, if the person owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or
control with (as the case may be), the person on the list knowingly engaged in
the activity described in subsection (b)(2) for which the person was included
in the list.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6920885254214C878B24DB1FA97BB8CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List</header>
<paragraph id="id9511BF4556F04CB3967BBBDBDD062DF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a list of persons that the President determines have knowingly
engaged in an activity described in paragraph (2) on or after such date of
enactment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id600654587E824DB2A69BC9546E3FB94C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activity
described</header>
<subparagraph id="id4528B84A3FB140C4AD378A0287D595AF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A person engages in an activity described in this
paragraph if the person—</text>
<clause id="id0AC474E278DD4942B20C6C2569EE82C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transfers, or
facilitates the transfer of, goods or technologies described in subparagraph
(C) to Syria; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id589162648FAB4932BF8CB485CF52D93A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides
services with respect to goods or technologies described in subparagraph (C)
after such goods or technologies are transferred to Syria.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2A39073BFE4F4191B44D1FD4FEBA003D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability
to contracts and other agreements</header><text>A person engages in an activity
described in subparagraph (A) without regard to whether the activity is carried
out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into before, on, or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E7D395EC1144D7B8A495FF366CFF85C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Goods or
technologies described</header><text>Goods or technologies described in this
subparagraph are goods or technologies that the President determines are likely
to be used by the Government of Syria or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities to commit human rights abuses against the people of Syria,
including—</text>
<clause id="idB5311479302A4372A197C804478B8A5D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>firearms or
ammunition (as those terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United
States Code), rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun
grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, or surveillance
technology; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idDB98A68807D1453FA53A1F123A048668"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sensitive
technology.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9198CADE939F417E862BC7B656F757F2"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sensitive technology defined</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40F7674812DB4B6498BD7F8E80B67990"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (C), the term
<term>sensitive technology</term> means hardware, software, telecommunications
equipment, or any other technology, that the President determines is to be used
specifically—</text>
<subclause id="ID4952D25FCE9E4623BA348EA2BDF1E293"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to restrict the
free flow of unbiased information in Syria; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID8FEEBED5B1914525B5ECB7F80784544B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to disrupt,
monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Syria.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03B92DD1049E49738CF19F161B5D6A8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
term <term>sensitive technology</term> does not include information or
informational materials the exportation of which the President does not have
the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3) of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id648AACC0530A408E8893B8904D2F0742"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule to
allow for termination of sanctionable activity</header><text>The President
shall not be required to include a person on the list required by paragraph (1)
if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional
committees that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id00FD10CE2D2D49B7A111AB9946AB4834"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person is no
longer engaging in, or has taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping,
the activity described in paragraph (2) for which the President would otherwise
have included the person on the list; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5FD55DF8973E4EDC8640B9380A201956"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has
received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in any
activity described in paragraph (2) in the future.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB483A4786DDF49E48EB592225F1355E5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updates of
list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4389E7F5F86C469FBC8F7C0669DAB25F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days
thereafter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E4E4D676C5E4467A2DD77DA2AB51F9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new
information becomes available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id75D009DBA7BF4BD2A89327C10E32BAB3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Form of report;
public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="id9A309630DDF645469D91EC35E037494B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4FEAE04C4D60467F9A30D6C931589360"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by
paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id22806EA8D8B04B2CA131844C704C1FAA"><enum>704.</enum><header>Imposition of
sanctions with respect to persons who engage in censorship or other forms of
repression in Syria</header>
<subsection id="idF54FBB8F058D4F00876009126BEFE446"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall impose sanctions described in section
702(c) with respect to each person on the list required by subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id800F3B6626D14DE19225DA77F3B75CBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of persons
who engage in censorship</header>
<paragraph id="idF2DE0FCE4CA141CEAFDEF025B1AB6BA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a list of persons that the President determines have engaged in
censorship, or activities relating to censorship, in a manner that prohibits,
limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by
citizens of Syria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8FA699C01C994FA7932ABA86EA63E6DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates of
list</header><text>The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an updated list under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEBBE56E4CD6B445CB2F0C9CCB19403C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days
thereafter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF099F20C2EF14FF19D04D99D34CE23E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as new
information becomes available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id74EFBEB863DD4A348ACB5C8613772464"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report;
public availability</header>
<subparagraph id="id2DA9C0D802954436B4531BC30A5579BE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE8ED877E911C40D8A8CEF0EAC2FE66E2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required by
paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id349023D1355645A0910B3C522F644055"><enum>705.</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President may waive the requirement to
include a person on a list required by section 702, 703, or 704 or to impose
sanctions pursuant to any such section if the President—</text>
<paragraph id="id8543D2B1CA8145D4B6C0A677BD40E859"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that such a waiver is in the
national security interests of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6FAD87D4632E4A15A1CBB3A4133F1AD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the reasons for that
determination.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idB4CE0C3CE03947D39DFEC5FD5A321C00"><enum>706.</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subsection id="idAC27A9BF14234C2B8725BF582AF239E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of
this title and any sanctions imposed pursuant to this title shall terminate on
the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional
committees—</text>
<paragraph id="id7DA538CF179B465F94FF83735CD6C2E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the certification described in subsection
(b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB35AB7A0A6BD45F0A78F141F7B4CB732"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDD086519C7C0485CA54F9475063F7458"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of Syria is democratically
elected and representative of the people of Syria; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFE42BBBF46FD48D7BA3D60415BBC5A40"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a legitimate transitional government of
Syria is in place.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id387B10458E9843C790461C93B38BC010"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification
described in this subsection is a certification by the President that the
Government of Syria—</text>
<paragraph id="id8A29D0C01D164360AEF33A5E8C3F4246"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has unconditionally released all political
prisoners;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68C116BDE12E48D597B22FCD23FFDD5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased its practices of violence,
unlawful detention, torture, and abuse of citizens of Syria engaged in peaceful
political activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4C3A9306E7B14706BA3B66E4CFB48370"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased its practice of procuring
sensitive technology designed to restrict the free flow of unbiased information
in Syria, or to disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the right of citizens
of Syria to freedom of expression;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE756FB6750AF4264B98B633E432B1EF4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased providing support for foreign
terrorist organizations and no longer allows such organizations, including
Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to maintain facilities in
territory under the control of the Government of Syria; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0F45B82972AA48CE9F96A36AB53B1B6A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has ceased the development and deployment
of medium- and long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6D4D4A08EAF74C03BA61077CC4A7D6DA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not pursuing or engaged in the research,
development, acquisition, production, transfer, or deployment of biological,
chemical, or nuclear weapons, and has provided credible assurances that it will
not engage in such activities in the future; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8AE0432B492E462FB5D1EDC4BBD59790"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has agreed to allow the United Nations and
other international observers to verify that the Government of Syria is not
engaging in such activities and to assess the credibility of the assurances
provided by that Government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F8925C76B4F445398FD774B77644FA0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Suspension of
sanctions after election of democratic government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President submits to the appropriate
congressional committees the certification described in subsection (a)(2), the
President may suspend the provisions of this title and any sanctions imposed
under this title for not more than one year to allow time for a certification
described in subsection (b) to be submitted.</text>
</subsection></section>
February 13, 2012
Read twice and placed on the calendar